Match preview: Kórdrengir favourite to beat Víkingur Ólafsvík at Leiknisvöllur

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Competition: Iceland Inkasso-Deildin
Competition: Tue 31.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Leiknisvöllur (1300 seats)

Inkasso-Deildin: First-class vs second-rate, at least according to the league table. Kórdrengir - Víkingur Ólafsvík. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • Kórdrengir haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals (19) in Inkasso-Deildin

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kórdrengir and Víkingur Ólafsvík.

This pitch has the surface artifical turf, unlike Víkingur Ólafsvík's home arena. The latest twelve games by the visitors on artifical turf have resulted in 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.

Víkingur are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Kórdrengir form and stats

Kórdrengir have performed here at Leiknisvöllur this season with 5 wins from 8 Inkasso-Deildin matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

Kórdrengir are returning here after visiting Grindavik in a Inkasso-Deildin game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. C. Simpson and A. Hilmarsson scored the goal(s). Some amazing scenes last match, when A. Hilmarsson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Thor.

Kórdrengir are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew zero and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Inkasso-Deildin game versus Fjölnir in only four days. This game is also played here at Leiknisvöllur.

Kórdrengir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Leiknisvöllur with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Kórdrengir have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Víkingur Ólafsvík form and stats

There's been little loot from Víkingur Ólafsvík's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Inkasso-Deildin. Víkingur Ólafsvík only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. It's a growing despair in Víkingur as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for Víkingur Ólafsvík in their previous game, as they lost their Inkasso-Deildin-match, hosting Selfoss, 0-3.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Vestri's place.

You'll want to know how Víkingur managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and four home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Víkingur's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Víkingur can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Víkingur Ólafsvík - Kórdrengir 1-3 was the result in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

KórdrengirD. Ásbjörnsson
D. Ásbjörnsson
6 goals
KórdrengirC. Simpson
C. Simpson
5 goals
Víkingur ÓlafsvíkH. Willard
H. Willard
5 goals

Kórdrengir missing players

Víkingur Ólafsvík missing players

Kórdrengir Víkingur Ólafsvík
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 8 18
10 5 2 Won W 0 1 1
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 2 1 Lost L 3 7 15
29 12 5 Scored S 3 13 19
19 8 4 Conceded C 8 25 62
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 83%
22% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 62% 61%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 62% 44%
61% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 56%
33% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
11% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 39%
 
5.3 6.1 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.3 2.5
4.4 4.5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 3.9
2.6 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.7 1.9
6 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.3 7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6 4.7
3.5 3.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 2.1
44% 46% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 48% 52%
Key stats in Inkasso-Deildin this season:
  • All of Víkingur Ólafsvík's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kórdrengir have created more than twice as many corners as Víkingur Ólafsvík.
  • Kórdrengir haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest points (3) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals (19) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals (25) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals (62) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have the the worst goal difference (-43) in Inkasso-Deildin
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Víkingur Ólafsvík haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fram 19 16 3 0 48 14 10 8 2 0 30 12 9 8 1 0 18 2 34 51
2 IBV 16 11 2 3 30 13 9 6 1 2 16 9 7 5 1 1 14 4 17 35
3 Kórdrengir 18 10 4 4 29 19 8 5 1 2 12 8 10 5 3 2 17 11 10 34
4 Fjölnir 18 9 3 6 29 18 9 6 1 2 13 8 9 3 2 4 16 10 11 30
5 Grotta 19 9 2 8 37 34 9 7 1 1 22 12 10 2 1 7 15 22 3 29
6 Vestri 17 9 1 7 28 31 9 5 0 4 16 17 8 4 1 3 12 14 -3 28
7 Grindavik 19 6 5 8 33 38 9 4 2 3 16 14 10 2 3 5 17 24 -5 23
8 Afturelding 18 6 4 8 33 35 9 4 3 2 19 16 9 2 1 6 14 19 -2 22
9 Selfoss 19 6 3 10 32 38 9 3 2 4 15 20 10 3 1 6 17 18 -6 21
10 Thor 18 5 5 8 29 30 9 4 2 3 16 11 9 1 3 5 13 19 -1 20
11 Throttur Reykjavik 19 3 2 14 30 45 9 1 1 7 11 21 10 2 1 7 19 24 -15 11
12 Víkingur Ólafsvík 18 1 2 15 19 62 10 0 2 8 6 37 8 1 0 7 13 25 -43 5

Read more about Inkasso-Deildin

The 1. deild karla (First Division for men) is also known by the sponsorship name Inkasso-deild karla. It is the second highest level of Icelandic football and has twelve teams playing 22 fixtures each. The top two in the league table are promoted, the bottom two relegated.